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PINE RIVE
JOURNAL
r
VOLUME V NUMBER 21
THE PINE iiiVBR JOURNAL, PINE RIVER. CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940
SUB. ?1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
Out of the. .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT BERGSTROM
WALLACE NOSEK MARRIES
The "Wastebasket" has been doomed the last few weeks. What, with the
Wallace Nosek, Industrial Arts instructor in the local school, was united in marriage to Hiss Mabel Dryden
at the bride's home in Proctor Decern
ber 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Nosek enjoyed a trip
on the North Shore, visiting various
points of interest in northern Minnesota, before returning to Pine River
last week. They are making their
home in rooms at the Arthur Zigmund
holiday rush and running hither and j residence.
yon, no time was left to dwell on a a group of Mr. No.sek's basketball
column. But nevertheless, we're back players assembled for a charivari on
for another try at it, and if Christ- Tuesday evening. The community
mas doesn't come again in the next joins in wishing the young couple a
month or two we'll probably be able happy sojourn in Pine River and a
PINE RIVER WINS
SIXTH STRAIGHT
GAME TUESDAY
Winning over Motley without tho
services of Riley and Houg, ace bas-
keteers, Pine River chalked up their
sixth straight victory by a score of
41-17. Scores were .13-2 for P. It. at
the end of the 1st. quarter; 29-'.) Cor
P. II. at the end of the 2nd.; 31-11 ar
tibe end of the 3rd., .and 41J1T when
ithe whistle blew. MacKinney was
SERVICES HELD
FOR FRANK BLOW
I THURSDAY P.M.
WHIST SCORES
long and happy wedded life.
to hold out.
* * * «■
A Good Meal
This writer, in the company of Editor Anderson of the Pillager Herald,
enjoyed a hearty repast at the Walker CC camp No. 3709. The pleasure
was accorded us through the courtesy
of the Bacon boys of Pillager, who
negotiated their passage to the camp
"n the Anderson vehicle on Tuesday
of last week.
Outstanding entertainment and prac
We were seated in the company ofJtlcai instructive classwork will be the
.1. t>. Frank, well known local farmer passed away at his home suddenly Saturday everting, at the age ot 7o
.years.
Funeral services were held from the
tefish Tabernacle Tuesday after-
with Kev. Ziebarth officiating.
lie chose his text from Hebrews!) and
.ioli 14:14. His message was one ol'
■ ifort and admonition. A trio com-
Fu
Whit
Gettlug a good start i" the annual
whist tournament, players showed
much enthusiasm .Monday evening. A
number of men who Intend to play
were out ot town Which will swell the
ranks nex( week. Games will he played each Monday evening.
Some teams played onlj one game
.Monday evening because of lack of
teams. Following are the scores for
Monday evening:
Schuster-Robideau
Siefert-Downing .
Skinner-White . . .
Lundin-Bergsl rom
21 — :!0—51
30—30—60
11—26—37
28 ;;<)-—oS
BEN C. ROBIDEAU
DIES SUDDENLY
TUESDAY EVE.
This community was greatly shocked and deeply saddened Tuesday evening, when news of the passing of Benjamin Robideau was learned. lie was
01 years of age. Ben, as his many
friends called him, was a pioneer, of
the community coming here forty
Slebel-Zigmund 30—30—60 >'e!lrs- He had been seriously ill only
RoglhlitMitognlie 29—30—59 two ,lays when death came.
Pattinson-Westin 26—7—33' Funeral services will be held from
FACTS, FEATJRES
AND FUN AT FARM
AND HOME WEEK
Mess Steward, Fred J. Brophy and
First Cook, Maurice Iverson, who
treated us very kindly—and believe ture
you me, it pays to eat with the co ilrs
rnd here's why: When we thought we
had had the best of everything, they
brought us a generous helping of tnr-
rule of tlie week when the University
of Minnesota Department of Agricul-
tt University Farm, St. Paul,
high point man with 17 points.
In the "B" team game, the Pine Ri-1 fiistd of Miss Verena and ^ Back- Dubbs-Felthous 30—12—42 the school auditorium Friday after-
ver freshmen beat tbe sophomores J^ and Bernarc] Benson, sang three Walton-.UcAliister 30—30—60, noon (today) at -:•'!<> p. m., with Rev.
la"n- beautiful numbers, accompanied by Carlson-Kotka 21—29—6ol°- H- Hopper officiating. The quar-
The next game will be played with Miss Vanetta Backman. :. wealth of Siefert-Kolb 29—30—59 : tet wil1 render two songs, "Beautiful
Backus at Backus Friday, tonight 'beautiful flowers gave mute testl-l van Dorn-Klatit :!0—20—50 [ lsl(i ot Somewhere" and "No Disap-
mj>ny of the esteem in which he was j Haack-Zigmund 30—«0; Pointment in Heaven." Miss Rasmus
held. j Day-Knox ....
Those attending the funeral from a j (Carlson-Carlson
distance, included Mr. and Mrs. Ed. i 'Siefert llickt
Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. George Blow,
The Pine River band entertained
iwith selections between quarters. An
other interesting featurt
lelectric
tame.
score board
the new
for the!
Fields-Thompson
80V-21-
... 1:;
30—30-
-13
-60
DOC
AIDS IN THE
RESCUE OF HIS
throws open its door Monday, January
15, to usher in the fortieth annual
Farm and Home Week.
This is expected to be tiie big week the rear of his residence last week
I Mr. and .Mrs. ..eonard Williams, Mrs.
! Sabins, Mrs. A. .lones, and Nick and
MASTER Jess Burgess, all of Armstrong, la..
! Mr. and Mrs. D. Nerville of Waterloo,
Eveleth.—A dog, a little Manches- I&-J Mrs. P. Hotoff and Jake Blow oiler terrier, herped save the life of his Green Mountain, la., and Mis. Burns
master, Sergeant Anthony Zakrajsek,, of Chicago.
who nearly succumbed to carbon mon- .Joseph B. F. Blow was born in Mar-
oxide while working in the garage at shall County, la., July 17, 1804, to parents, Joseph and Sarah Blow. In in-
TRINITY LUTHERAN
CHDMB EOIDS
ANNUAL MEET
\ko> that was stored for special occa- Qf th(? yeaf fw, more tlmn 3500 of the i A Deighhott attracted to the garage fanfv he was baptised into the M. E.
^
sJons. just to top things off. H( you
don't tiiink those boys eat .veil, .just
stop in for a meal sometime.
A Real Systematic Place
. .An idea of the systematic manner j
which they have of serving the!
CCC'ers is shown in the fact that they
serve and clear the room of 200 lads]
in no more than 20 minutes.
* * * *
A Good Thought
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely, and conciliate
those you cannot conquer.—Cotton
* * * *
A Rare Article
Lon Fields has some rare manuscripts that could well grace the
Smithsonian Institute. An eastern
friend who was vacationing hero several years ago, by the name of Harry
Sickles, presented him with one of
igix original copies of 'Little Boy Blue'
and the "Golden Cricket." Also
Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" and
several speeches written by the great
statesman of Civil War fame. The
paper is old and crinkly and the hand-
Tlie Trinity English Lutheran Con-
one big five-day program, will be the tlie unconscious sergeant out of the young man he moved to Watertown, 1 g^egation held their annual meeting
state's rural population. Boiled into hy the dog's insistant barking, pulled Church in his home town. When
greatest array of classes in agrieul-i garage. Artificial respiration was S. Dak., where for a number of years
ture and homemaking, speakers of na administered, and the victim was tak in connection with many other acti-
UonaJ reputation, and entertainment I en home to recover from the effects vi ties, he superintended the Metlio-
e\er scheduled ar a Minnesota Short
Course.
For Minnesota homemakers, there
is practical, up-to-the-minute information on all phases of homemaking.
Many will find added interest in the
extensive programs offered by the nor
ticulture, poultry and other University Farm divisions.
Farm and Home Week is a double
feature for Minnesota livestock producers. In addition to the big animal
husbandry schedule of livestock type
demonstrations; judging school and
classes, livestock men will have an opportunity to attend meetings of their
individual breed associations. On Friday, the Alinnesota Livestock Breeders' association will have its annual
program and business meeting with
II. P. Rusk, dean of the Illinois College of Agriculture, us its headline
speaker.
Crop men of the state will turn
of his near-fatal accident.
LUTHER LEAGUE
IS ORGANIZED
.writing is rather hard to decipher
but with a little effort it can be done, their attention to the Crop Improve-
It is written in the old Spencerian ment Day on Thursday, the that the
style so common in those days. Minnesota Crop Improvement assoei-
"Amougst the collection, there are ation holds its annual meeting, foil-
also several posters announcing Lin-1 owed hy a banquet honoring the 194U
_^ coin's campaign stands and various premier seed growers. Again this
\ speeches he made throughout the j year, farmers will compete lor ribb-
country. It is very interesting and a 0ns and cash awards at the state seed
person could easily spend several show.
Other special attractions for all
short-course visitors will be Farm Bureau Day on Tuesday, the potato
school, school of agriculture alumni
chicken, in fact if he had a flock of: dinner, the 4-H community and rural
hours studying the pages.
* * * *
Some Chicken
Harry Luscher has a remarkable
the same kind, his feed bill would be
quite small. Harry raises a few chick-
iens and dueivs in his green-house and
about two months ago missed a 6-lb.
youth leadership conferences, old fash
ioned singing school and the daily
campus tours.
Highlighting each noon and even
On Thursday evening of last week,
a group of young people met at the
Trinity Lutheran Church for the purpose of organizing a Young People's
Luther League. Rev. Huss explained
the purpose of the League and led in
an open discussion.
The League was organized witli
the following temporary officers: President, Violet Semmler; secretary-trea
surer, Marvin Rognlie. The first regular meeting of the League will be
held Thursday, January 20, at 7:39
p. m., at the Church. An interesting
program is being arranged by th;-
committee. Hostesses will be Mesdames Helmer Jones and Clayton Lea.
A hearty welcome Is extended to the
young people of the community to
join in the spiritual and social fellowship of the League.
; dist Sunday school. In 1910, he was
united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Bur-
! gess. No children were born to this
I union but at all times did he prove a
I kind and understanding father to his
; nine stepchildren born to Mrs. Blow
i by a former marriage.
In .March 1920, they moved to Swan
I burg, where they have since made
I their home. For a period of 11 years
Mr. Blow served on the town board
of Timothy twp., and for five years
he v'yi-s chairman of the hoard.
He was known to all as a kindly
and sympathetic man, conscientious
of his work always. He leaves a
wealth of treasures in devotion, to
those who had learned to love him
as a father aud a friend. He is survived by his devoted wife Mary Burgess Blow, nine stepchildren, three
brothers, two sisters and a host of
relatives and friends.
Masons and Stars
Install New Officers
At the regular meeting of the Masonic Lodge Thursday evening, officers for 1940 were installed, with
Frank Reynolds of Backus, as installing officer. Newly installed officers
k hen. Thinking that some dog had jng assembly event, will be speakers' are as follows:
taken it, he forgot the incident until recognized throughout the country as Worshipfui Master
the other day when he was working tops ln tueil. ciass. There will be Senior Warden ..
around his plant benches and acci- Mrs. Charles W. Sewell of Indiana, Junior Warden
Jl dently kicked over a box and out t0 represent the Associated Women Senior Deacon
GENE AUTRY AT
MARLOW FRI.-SAT.
Gene Autry comes to the Marlow
Theatre in a new musical western,
"Colorado Sunset" on Friday and Saturday of this week. But the title
means little. The fact that Autry
again graces the local screen usually
.means excellent screen entertainment and this picture will not disappoint.
"Colorado Sunset" brings Gene into the midst of a milk war, and the
at the Church Saturday evening oi
last week at 7:30 p. in. The meeting
was called to order hy president. Rev.
Raymond Iltiss, followed hy tlie reading of various reports which were approved. Substantial progress was
evident in all departments of the
Church which is pleasing to note.
The following officers were elected
to serve, for the coming year:
President .... Rev. Raymond Huss
Vice President Mrs. 11. A. Zigmund
Secretary \rthur Aamot
Treaurer G. P. Rognlie
1 Trustee for 3 yrs Mr. I. Langle
Deaconess for ■'! yrs. . . .',!i'S. Helmer
Jones
■ Sunday School Supt .Miss Violet Semmler
Organist Mrs. irvin Howard
Services are held at the Trinity Lutheran Church the firs* Sunday of no
month at 7:30 p. tn., the third Sunday at 2:30 p. in., and the fifth Sunday at 11 a. in. Sunday school meets
every Sunday at 10 a. m. During the
months from April 1 to October 1, ser
vices are held at 9 :30 a. m., the first,
third and fifth Sundays of tlie month.
Rev. Raymond Huss who is pastor
of the Pine River congregation, is also pastor of Our Savior's Lutheran
Church, Pequot; Maple Hill Lutheran Church, Walden Twp.; and Swan
Valley Lutheran Church near Leader.
Free Show at Marlow
Next Tuesday Eve.
Through the efforts of Supt. Haack,
a colored, talking picture of "Hawaii"
will be shown at the Marlow Tuesday
evening, January 16.No admission will
|e:
, pxcitement.thrills and musical charms be caarge(i, Tne public is cordially
J. A. Lrezinsky „£ a]] Autry films is present in abun-
John Norman dance Smiley Burnette lends com-
Ells Norma.1
. Iver Nystrom
Albert Johnson
popped the missing hen with a weak ot the American Farm Bureau; Tom Junior Deacon
eackle and only a pound and a half Collins, radio artist, philosopher and Treasurer Frank Reynolds
I of flesh on her bones but she's picking huul0I.ist fronl Kansas City, Mo.; Secretary Phillip Palmer
up every day and will soon be back George A- Selkei pre.sident of St. O.E.S
to normal.
1 1 loud Teachers College; Dr. Asher
* * * * -
I Kobson, head of agricultural econom-
The fact that the box was only five icSj rj. 0f Wisconsin; A. J. Glover,
inches high and the hen could neith- editor Hoard's Dairyman; i.ouis J. Ta'dal hour followed. Ida Palmer of
er lie down nor stand up, makes the Dro> master of the National Grange • Backus, acted as installing officer, Nel
A goodly number enjoyed the installation of the Eastern Stars Tuesday evening. Refreshments and a so
ot-
thing seem almost impossible. Ima- and Rancher, Charles J. Beldon
glne going without anything to eat or, Wyoming, photographer of note.
Farm and Home Week is an inex-
drink for two months. Anyway, Har
ry has the birr" to prov i it and will
gladly show it to you -if you stop in.
Jm IOOF and Rebekahs
* to Install Officers
Newly elected and appointed officers of the Oddfellow and Rebekah
Lodges will be install, d at joint-in-
pensive vacation with all classes and
entertainment free.
Vice Grand .. .
Recording Sec.
Financial Sec.
lie Foss as musician, Audrey Bailey
as marshall and Amelia Triggs as
chaplain. Following are the new officers installed:
Worthy Matron Adah Miller
Worthy Patron Philip Palmer
Associate Matron .... Ruby Skinner
Martha Yancey: Secretary Evelyn Webb
.. Ossie Siebel 1 ,i,reagurer Leafy Gardiner
• • Fern Lundin j Conductress Jo Brezinsky
Treasurer Dorothy Dubbs! ieH„„jnfi nnniwn-p«c< Delia Kater
Associate Conductress
All appointive offices will be filled (Chaplain
the same evening.
The Oddfellow and Rebekah installing teams from Backus will be in
Marshall
Doris Nystrom
Auurey Bailey
ical presence jis usual and pretty
June Storey again offer, feminine inspiration to dene's exploits.
The story, in brief, shows Gene and
the Texas Tro/ubadors, played by the
Texas Rangers, hillbilly singing experts, buying a cattle ranch. Smiley
commissioned to make the purchase,
buys a cow farm instead and the
boys find themselves dairymen instead of cow-punchers! To buck the
unscrupulous protective association,
the boys elect Gene' as sheriff and he
eventually brings about fair play and
just milk prices.
When you hire a jobless girl to pull
a family together by pretending she
is a homewrecker, things are bound j
to happen. This is the unique them
invited to attend this showing free.
The ilm was received by Mr. Haack
from tlie Hawaiian Tourist Bureau,
because of Pine River's teacher exchange with file Islands. The picture is of unusual interest and lakes
you through the colorful islands. Be
sure and attend this free showing as
it will be the only time the film will
sen will sing "Abide With Me."
The I.OOF Lodge will be in chargp
of ceremonies at the Pine Ridge cem-
vt, ry, (he final resting place. The ser
vices will be under the direction of
D, L. Triggs, Lon Fields and J. II.
.Murray. Members of the IOOF and
Rebekah Lodges and the Ladies Auxiliary and students from the local
school will attend in a body to pay
their last respects to a beloved friend.
Pallbearers will be Oscar Kolb, W.
('. Day, Harris Zigmund, Chas. Siebel, Arvid Lundin and Dale Dubbs.
The deceased was a member of both
the IOOF and Rebekah Lodges and
would have been Vice Grand of the
Oddfellows this year had he lived. He
was also a member of the Twenty-
Year Club.
His parting is mourned by a host.
of friends both young and old. He
was an ardent sportsman and loved
to fish and hunt. He was greatly interested in children, having watched
the youth of Pine River grow up in
the local school where he was employed for the past twenty years.
Benjamin Clarence Robideau was
born December 1, 1S7S, in Redwood
County, Minnesota, near Redwood
Falls, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Robideau. When he was a boy his father moved from the farm to Morgan,
and then to Redwood Falls, Minn.,
where the boy Benjamin attended the
public schools.
He was a shoemaker by trade,
which he practiced for six years in
Redwood Falls. He then moved to
Pine River in 1900, where he lived
with his father and brother Ralph,
on the family homestead.
He was united in marriage to Jane
Elizabeth Jones December 10, 1902.
at Pine River. They settled near Mildred and to this union w&s born one
daughter, Eldora, now Mrs. J. W.
Wicklund of Walker. They later lived in St Paul and Madeha, where he
followed his chosen field of shoemak-
ing. After spending about a year in
Canada, they returned to Pine River
in 1913. The next two years they
made their home iu Brainerd, returning to Pine River in 1915, where he
has since made his home, with the
exceptions of brief periods when he
served with the 135th Infantry, Min
liesota National Guard, in training
camp) and fighting fires tit Atumba
and Moose Lake in 191S.
In 1919, he was appointed custodian of the Pine River school, a position which he faithfully filled up to the
very time of his death.
Benjamin Robideau was preceded
in death by both parents and three sis
ters, Mrs. George Warming of St.
Paul, Mrs. Myrtle Fleming of California and Mrs. Mabel Wiltse of Canada. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Elizabeth Robideau and one
daught r. Eldora. and her husband,
J. W. Wicklund of Walker and his
be shown publicly. A number of
"shorts" have also been added to the | three beloved grandchildren, Joanne,
program which begins at S p. 111,
Gene Paul and Elizabeth Wicklund of
Backus To Celebrate
Townsend's Birthday
1 Walker; an only brother Ralph, of
Longville, three sisters, Anna of Redwood City, Calif., and Helen and Ora
of Portland, Oregon; also numerous
counsins, nieces and nephews.
The Backus and Pontona units of
the Townsend Club will celebrate Dr.
SCHOOL NEWS
Dozens of library books have arrived for the primary grades. An out-
C
, "" „ , " 1" .:;." Townsend's birthday at a big party at cu "» l"c "'^'' »_ • "' —
of Ginger Rogers' newest film I ifth ^ ^^ iOQF ^ ^^ I standing volume is a large edition o
Avenue Girl" coming to the Marlow ^ janrjary 13, Mr. Fisher, a mem-1 wor,d famous paintings, dealing witl
Sunday and Monday.
Walter Connolly as a neglected and
ber the Club announced.
.Mr. Millington of Minneapolis, will
Organist Nellie Foss discouraged millionaire, encounters g fl ^ ^^ eJu
... _- ! ..I.*. ™:«i :« /-irt«*,...l r>f,,.r- s-;,w... lite l
Adah Maude
Anderson tlie Sirl in Central Park. Since his
Spallation services at fhe IOOF Hall charge of the work. All visitors as Ruth Annabelle Thievoldt family has forgotten about it, he per-
Tuesday evening, January 16. wen as the Oddfellows, will be guests Esther .. .. \melia Trig
Officers for the Oddfellows are as of the Rebekahs at a social
cational pictures concerning the nati-
follows:
Noble Grand W. C. Day-
Vice Grand Lon Fields
Recording Sec Dale Dubbs
Financial Sec Oscar Kolb
Treas'urer Fred Carlson
Rebekah Officers-:
hour Martha Ina Maxson
following installation services.
NOTICE
All local Oddfellows and their
wives are invited to be guests of the
Rebekah Lodge at Installation Tues-
Noble Grand .. Elizabeth Robideau dav evening, January 16.
I
Electra Ida Palme.-
Warden Edith Reynolds
Sentinel Uice Bailey-
Guests from Brainerd, included Mrs
Betty Peterson. Past Matron; Gertrude Crest, Ethel Opsahl, Judith i
Wicklund, Past Matron; Ann Extrahd.
and Harvey, Purenton, Past Patron.
onal movement and will also give a
suades her to help him celebrate his
birthday, and they do an uproarious *A g „ will be givcn after the
job of it. Ir is after that that he i""! L)r0gram which will be followed by a
stalls her as a house guest, to the con
sternation of his family, and the vari-j '
ous complications of the plot begin to 1
fall over themselves in hilarious fash-Jlolt and Kathryn Adams, and the
lavish settings of a palatial Fifth
A sparkling supporting cast witn Avenue home aud to the entertain-
Veree Teasdale, James Ellison, Tim ment qualities of the picture.
famous artists and their work.
The school board assembled Tuesday evening, but because of the passing of Ben Robideau, they adjourned
without further business. Another
meeting will be called later.
The Junior high school art and activity classes studied works and methods of art hy visual education Tuesday.
Remedial work anil diagnostic tests
began Tuesday in the Senior high Eng
lish classes. This is a method of discovering weaknesses in individual cases and remedy them.

PINE RIVE
JOURNAL
r
VOLUME V NUMBER 21
THE PINE iiiVBR JOURNAL, PINE RIVER. CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1940
SUB. ?1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
Out of the. .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT BERGSTROM
WALLACE NOSEK MARRIES
The "Wastebasket" has been doomed the last few weeks. What, with the
Wallace Nosek, Industrial Arts instructor in the local school, was united in marriage to Hiss Mabel Dryden
at the bride's home in Proctor Decern
ber 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Nosek enjoyed a trip
on the North Shore, visiting various
points of interest in northern Minnesota, before returning to Pine River
last week. They are making their
home in rooms at the Arthur Zigmund
holiday rush and running hither and j residence.
yon, no time was left to dwell on a a group of Mr. No.sek's basketball
column. But nevertheless, we're back players assembled for a charivari on
for another try at it, and if Christ- Tuesday evening. The community
mas doesn't come again in the next joins in wishing the young couple a
month or two we'll probably be able happy sojourn in Pine River and a
PINE RIVER WINS
SIXTH STRAIGHT
GAME TUESDAY
Winning over Motley without tho
services of Riley and Houg, ace bas-
keteers, Pine River chalked up their
sixth straight victory by a score of
41-17. Scores were .13-2 for P. It. at
the end of the 1st. quarter; 29-'.) Cor
P. II. at the end of the 2nd.; 31-11 ar
tibe end of the 3rd., .and 41J1T when
ithe whistle blew. MacKinney was
SERVICES HELD
FOR FRANK BLOW
I THURSDAY P.M.
WHIST SCORES
long and happy wedded life.
to hold out.
* * * «■
A Good Meal
This writer, in the company of Editor Anderson of the Pillager Herald,
enjoyed a hearty repast at the Walker CC camp No. 3709. The pleasure
was accorded us through the courtesy
of the Bacon boys of Pillager, who
negotiated their passage to the camp
"n the Anderson vehicle on Tuesday
of last week.
Outstanding entertainment and prac
We were seated in the company ofJtlcai instructive classwork will be the
.1. t>. Frank, well known local farmer passed away at his home suddenly Saturday everting, at the age ot 7o
.years.
Funeral services were held from the
tefish Tabernacle Tuesday after-
with Kev. Ziebarth officiating.
lie chose his text from Hebrews!) and
.ioli 14:14. His message was one ol'
■ ifort and admonition. A trio com-
Fu
Whit
Gettlug a good start i" the annual
whist tournament, players showed
much enthusiasm .Monday evening. A
number of men who Intend to play
were out ot town Which will swell the
ranks nex( week. Games will he played each Monday evening.
Some teams played onlj one game
.Monday evening because of lack of
teams. Following are the scores for
Monday evening:
Schuster-Robideau
Siefert-Downing .
Skinner-White . . .
Lundin-Bergsl rom
21 — :!0—51
30—30—60
11—26—37
28 ;;'e!lrs- He had been seriously ill only
RoglhlitMitognlie 29—30—59 two ,lays when death came.
Pattinson-Westin 26—7—33' Funeral services will be held from
FACTS, FEATJRES
AND FUN AT FARM
AND HOME WEEK
Mess Steward, Fred J. Brophy and
First Cook, Maurice Iverson, who
treated us very kindly—and believe ture
you me, it pays to eat with the co ilrs
rnd here's why: When we thought we
had had the best of everything, they
brought us a generous helping of tnr-
rule of tlie week when the University
of Minnesota Department of Agricul-
tt University Farm, St. Paul,
high point man with 17 points.
In the "B" team game, the Pine Ri-1 fiistd of Miss Verena and ^ Back- Dubbs-Felthous 30—12—42 the school auditorium Friday after-
ver freshmen beat tbe sophomores J^ and Bernarc] Benson, sang three Walton-.UcAliister 30—30—60, noon (today) at -:•'!<> p. m., with Rev.
la"n- beautiful numbers, accompanied by Carlson-Kotka 21—29—6ol°- H- Hopper officiating. The quar-
The next game will be played with Miss Vanetta Backman. :. wealth of Siefert-Kolb 29—30—59 : tet wil1 render two songs, "Beautiful
Backus at Backus Friday, tonight 'beautiful flowers gave mute testl-l van Dorn-Klatit :!0—20—50 [ lsl(i ot Somewhere" and "No Disap-
mj>ny of the esteem in which he was j Haack-Zigmund 30—«0; Pointment in Heaven." Miss Rasmus
held. j Day-Knox ....
Those attending the funeral from a j (Carlson-Carlson
distance, included Mr. and Mrs. Ed. i 'Siefert llickt
Burgess, Mr. and Mrs. George Blow,
The Pine River band entertained
iwith selections between quarters. An
other interesting featurt
lelectric
tame.
score board
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AIDS IN THE
RESCUE OF HIS
throws open its door Monday, January
15, to usher in the fortieth annual
Farm and Home Week.
This is expected to be tiie big week the rear of his residence last week
I Mr. and .Mrs. ..eonard Williams, Mrs.
! Sabins, Mrs. A. .lones, and Nick and
MASTER Jess Burgess, all of Armstrong, la..
! Mr. and Mrs. D. Nerville of Waterloo,
Eveleth.—A dog, a little Manches- I&-J Mrs. P. Hotoff and Jake Blow oiler terrier, herped save the life of his Green Mountain, la., and Mis. Burns
master, Sergeant Anthony Zakrajsek,, of Chicago.
who nearly succumbed to carbon mon- .Joseph B. F. Blow was born in Mar-
oxide while working in the garage at shall County, la., July 17, 1804, to parents, Joseph and Sarah Blow. In in-
TRINITY LUTHERAN
CHDMB EOIDS
ANNUAL MEET
\ko> that was stored for special occa- Qf th(? yeaf fw, more tlmn 3500 of the i A Deighhott attracted to the garage fanfv he was baptised into the M. E.
^
sJons. just to top things off. H( you
don't tiiink those boys eat .veil, .just
stop in for a meal sometime.
A Real Systematic Place
. .An idea of the systematic manner j
which they have of serving the!
CCC'ers is shown in the fact that they
serve and clear the room of 200 lads]
in no more than 20 minutes.
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A Good Thought
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely, and conciliate
those you cannot conquer.—Cotton
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A Rare Article
Lon Fields has some rare manuscripts that could well grace the
Smithsonian Institute. An eastern
friend who was vacationing hero several years ago, by the name of Harry
Sickles, presented him with one of
igix original copies of 'Little Boy Blue'
and the "Golden Cricket." Also
Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" and
several speeches written by the great
statesman of Civil War fame. The
paper is old and crinkly and the hand-
Tlie Trinity English Lutheran Con-
one big five-day program, will be the tlie unconscious sergeant out of the young man he moved to Watertown, 1 g^egation held their annual meeting
state's rural population. Boiled into hy the dog's insistant barking, pulled Church in his home town. When
greatest array of classes in agrieul-i garage. Artificial respiration was S. Dak., where for a number of years
ture and homemaking, speakers of na administered, and the victim was tak in connection with many other acti-
UonaJ reputation, and entertainment I en home to recover from the effects vi ties, he superintended the Metlio-
e\er scheduled ar a Minnesota Short
Course.
For Minnesota homemakers, there
is practical, up-to-the-minute information on all phases of homemaking.
Many will find added interest in the
extensive programs offered by the nor
ticulture, poultry and other University Farm divisions.
Farm and Home Week is a double
feature for Minnesota livestock producers. In addition to the big animal
husbandry schedule of livestock type
demonstrations; judging school and
classes, livestock men will have an opportunity to attend meetings of their
individual breed associations. On Friday, the Alinnesota Livestock Breeders' association will have its annual
program and business meeting with
II. P. Rusk, dean of the Illinois College of Agriculture, us its headline
speaker.
Crop men of the state will turn
of his near-fatal accident.
LUTHER LEAGUE
IS ORGANIZED
.writing is rather hard to decipher
but with a little effort it can be done, their attention to the Crop Improve-
It is written in the old Spencerian ment Day on Thursday, the that the
style so common in those days. Minnesota Crop Improvement assoei-
"Amougst the collection, there are ation holds its annual meeting, foil-
also several posters announcing Lin-1 owed hy a banquet honoring the 194U
_^ coin's campaign stands and various premier seed growers. Again this
\ speeches he made throughout the j year, farmers will compete lor ribb-
country. It is very interesting and a 0ns and cash awards at the state seed
person could easily spend several show.
Other special attractions for all
short-course visitors will be Farm Bureau Day on Tuesday, the potato
school, school of agriculture alumni
chicken, in fact if he had a flock of: dinner, the 4-H community and rural
hours studying the pages.
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Some Chicken
Harry Luscher has a remarkable
the same kind, his feed bill would be
quite small. Harry raises a few chick-
iens and dueivs in his green-house and
about two months ago missed a 6-lb.
youth leadership conferences, old fash
ioned singing school and the daily
campus tours.
Highlighting each noon and even
On Thursday evening of last week,
a group of young people met at the
Trinity Lutheran Church for the purpose of organizing a Young People's
Luther League. Rev. Huss explained
the purpose of the League and led in
an open discussion.
The League was organized witli
the following temporary officers: President, Violet Semmler; secretary-trea
surer, Marvin Rognlie. The first regular meeting of the League will be
held Thursday, January 20, at 7:39
p. m., at the Church. An interesting
program is being arranged by th;-
committee. Hostesses will be Mesdames Helmer Jones and Clayton Lea.
A hearty welcome Is extended to the
young people of the community to
join in the spiritual and social fellowship of the League.
; dist Sunday school. In 1910, he was
united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Bur-
! gess. No children were born to this
I union but at all times did he prove a
I kind and understanding father to his
; nine stepchildren born to Mrs. Blow
i by a former marriage.
In .March 1920, they moved to Swan
I burg, where they have since made
I their home. For a period of 11 years
Mr. Blow served on the town board
of Timothy twp., and for five years
he v'yi-s chairman of the hoard.
He was known to all as a kindly
and sympathetic man, conscientious
of his work always. He leaves a
wealth of treasures in devotion, to
those who had learned to love him
as a father aud a friend. He is survived by his devoted wife Mary Burgess Blow, nine stepchildren, three
brothers, two sisters and a host of
relatives and friends.
Masons and Stars
Install New Officers
At the regular meeting of the Masonic Lodge Thursday evening, officers for 1940 were installed, with
Frank Reynolds of Backus, as installing officer. Newly installed officers
k hen. Thinking that some dog had jng assembly event, will be speakers' are as follows:
taken it, he forgot the incident until recognized throughout the country as Worshipfui Master
the other day when he was working tops ln tueil. ciass. There will be Senior Warden ..
around his plant benches and acci- Mrs. Charles W. Sewell of Indiana, Junior Warden
Jl dently kicked over a box and out t0 represent the Associated Women Senior Deacon
GENE AUTRY AT
MARLOW FRI.-SAT.
Gene Autry comes to the Marlow
Theatre in a new musical western,
"Colorado Sunset" on Friday and Saturday of this week. But the title
means little. The fact that Autry
again graces the local screen usually
.means excellent screen entertainment and this picture will not disappoint.
"Colorado Sunset" brings Gene into the midst of a milk war, and the
at the Church Saturday evening oi
last week at 7:30 p. in. The meeting
was called to order hy president. Rev.
Raymond Iltiss, followed hy tlie reading of various reports which were approved. Substantial progress was
evident in all departments of the
Church which is pleasing to note.
The following officers were elected
to serve, for the coming year:
President .... Rev. Raymond Huss
Vice President Mrs. 11. A. Zigmund
Secretary \rthur Aamot
Treaurer G. P. Rognlie
1 Trustee for 3 yrs Mr. I. Langle
Deaconess for ■'! yrs. . . .',!i'S. Helmer
Jones
■ Sunday School Supt .Miss Violet Semmler
Organist Mrs. irvin Howard
Services are held at the Trinity Lutheran Church the firs* Sunday of no
month at 7:30 p. tn., the third Sunday at 2:30 p. in., and the fifth Sunday at 11 a. in. Sunday school meets
every Sunday at 10 a. m. During the
months from April 1 to October 1, ser
vices are held at 9 :30 a. m., the first,
third and fifth Sundays of tlie month.
Rev. Raymond Huss who is pastor
of the Pine River congregation, is also pastor of Our Savior's Lutheran
Church, Pequot; Maple Hill Lutheran Church, Walden Twp.; and Swan
Valley Lutheran Church near Leader.
Free Show at Marlow
Next Tuesday Eve.
Through the efforts of Supt. Haack,
a colored, talking picture of "Hawaii"
will be shown at the Marlow Tuesday
evening, January 16.No admission will
|e:
, pxcitement.thrills and musical charms be caarge(i, Tne public is cordially
J. A. Lrezinsky „£ a]] Autry films is present in abun-
John Norman dance Smiley Burnette lends com-
Ells Norma.1
. Iver Nystrom
Albert Johnson
popped the missing hen with a weak ot the American Farm Bureau; Tom Junior Deacon
eackle and only a pound and a half Collins, radio artist, philosopher and Treasurer Frank Reynolds
I of flesh on her bones but she's picking huul0I.ist fronl Kansas City, Mo.; Secretary Phillip Palmer
up every day and will soon be back George A- Selkei pre.sident of St. O.E.S
to normal.
1 1 loud Teachers College; Dr. Asher
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I Kobson, head of agricultural econom-
The fact that the box was only five icSj rj. 0f Wisconsin; A. J. Glover,
inches high and the hen could neith- editor Hoard's Dairyman; i.ouis J. Ta'dal hour followed. Ida Palmer of
er lie down nor stand up, makes the Dro> master of the National Grange • Backus, acted as installing officer, Nel
A goodly number enjoyed the installation of the Eastern Stars Tuesday evening. Refreshments and a so
ot-
thing seem almost impossible. Ima- and Rancher, Charles J. Beldon
glne going without anything to eat or, Wyoming, photographer of note.
Farm and Home Week is an inex-
drink for two months. Anyway, Har
ry has the birr" to prov i it and will
gladly show it to you -if you stop in.
Jm IOOF and Rebekahs
* to Install Officers
Newly elected and appointed officers of the Oddfellow and Rebekah
Lodges will be install, d at joint-in-
pensive vacation with all classes and
entertainment free.
Vice Grand .. .
Recording Sec.
Financial Sec.
lie Foss as musician, Audrey Bailey
as marshall and Amelia Triggs as
chaplain. Following are the new officers installed:
Worthy Matron Adah Miller
Worthy Patron Philip Palmer
Associate Matron .... Ruby Skinner
Martha Yancey: Secretary Evelyn Webb
.. Ossie Siebel 1 ,i,reagurer Leafy Gardiner
• • Fern Lundin j Conductress Jo Brezinsky
Treasurer Dorothy Dubbs! ieH„„jnfi nnniwn-p«c< Delia Kater
Associate Conductress
All appointive offices will be filled (Chaplain
the same evening.
The Oddfellow and Rebekah installing teams from Backus will be in
Marshall
Doris Nystrom
Auurey Bailey
ical presence jis usual and pretty
June Storey again offer, feminine inspiration to dene's exploits.
The story, in brief, shows Gene and
the Texas Tro/ubadors, played by the
Texas Rangers, hillbilly singing experts, buying a cattle ranch. Smiley
commissioned to make the purchase,
buys a cow farm instead and the
boys find themselves dairymen instead of cow-punchers! To buck the
unscrupulous protective association,
the boys elect Gene' as sheriff and he
eventually brings about fair play and
just milk prices.
When you hire a jobless girl to pull
a family together by pretending she
is a homewrecker, things are bound j
to happen. This is the unique them
invited to attend this showing free.
The ilm was received by Mr. Haack
from tlie Hawaiian Tourist Bureau,
because of Pine River's teacher exchange with file Islands. The picture is of unusual interest and lakes
you through the colorful islands. Be
sure and attend this free showing as
it will be the only time the film will
sen will sing "Abide With Me."
The I.OOF Lodge will be in chargp
of ceremonies at the Pine Ridge cem-
vt, ry, (he final resting place. The ser
vices will be under the direction of
D, L. Triggs, Lon Fields and J. II.
.Murray. Members of the IOOF and
Rebekah Lodges and the Ladies Auxiliary and students from the local
school will attend in a body to pay
their last respects to a beloved friend.
Pallbearers will be Oscar Kolb, W.
('. Day, Harris Zigmund, Chas. Siebel, Arvid Lundin and Dale Dubbs.
The deceased was a member of both
the IOOF and Rebekah Lodges and
would have been Vice Grand of the
Oddfellows this year had he lived. He
was also a member of the Twenty-
Year Club.
His parting is mourned by a host.
of friends both young and old. He
was an ardent sportsman and loved
to fish and hunt. He was greatly interested in children, having watched
the youth of Pine River grow up in
the local school where he was employed for the past twenty years.
Benjamin Clarence Robideau was
born December 1, 1S7S, in Redwood
County, Minnesota, near Redwood
Falls, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Robideau. When he was a boy his father moved from the farm to Morgan,
and then to Redwood Falls, Minn.,
where the boy Benjamin attended the
public schools.
He was a shoemaker by trade,
which he practiced for six years in
Redwood Falls. He then moved to
Pine River in 1900, where he lived
with his father and brother Ralph,
on the family homestead.
He was united in marriage to Jane
Elizabeth Jones December 10, 1902.
at Pine River. They settled near Mildred and to this union w&s born one
daughter, Eldora, now Mrs. J. W.
Wicklund of Walker. They later lived in St Paul and Madeha, where he
followed his chosen field of shoemak-
ing. After spending about a year in
Canada, they returned to Pine River
in 1913. The next two years they
made their home iu Brainerd, returning to Pine River in 1915, where he
has since made his home, with the
exceptions of brief periods when he
served with the 135th Infantry, Min
liesota National Guard, in training
camp) and fighting fires tit Atumba
and Moose Lake in 191S.
In 1919, he was appointed custodian of the Pine River school, a position which he faithfully filled up to the
very time of his death.
Benjamin Robideau was preceded
in death by both parents and three sis
ters, Mrs. George Warming of St.
Paul, Mrs. Myrtle Fleming of California and Mrs. Mabel Wiltse of Canada. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Elizabeth Robideau and one
daught r. Eldora. and her husband,
J. W. Wicklund of Walker and his
be shown publicly. A number of
"shorts" have also been added to the | three beloved grandchildren, Joanne,
program which begins at S p. 111,
Gene Paul and Elizabeth Wicklund of
Backus To Celebrate
Townsend's Birthday
1 Walker; an only brother Ralph, of
Longville, three sisters, Anna of Redwood City, Calif., and Helen and Ora
of Portland, Oregon; also numerous
counsins, nieces and nephews.
The Backus and Pontona units of
the Townsend Club will celebrate Dr.
SCHOOL NEWS
Dozens of library books have arrived for the primary grades. An out-
C
, "" „ , " 1" .:;." Townsend's birthday at a big party at cu "» l"c "'^'' »_ • "' —
of Ginger Rogers' newest film I ifth ^ ^^ iOQF ^ ^^ I standing volume is a large edition o
Avenue Girl" coming to the Marlow ^ janrjary 13, Mr. Fisher, a mem-1 wor,d famous paintings, dealing witl
Sunday and Monday.
Walter Connolly as a neglected and
ber the Club announced.
.Mr. Millington of Minneapolis, will
Organist Nellie Foss discouraged millionaire, encounters g fl ^ ^^ eJu
... _- ! ..I.*. ™:«i :« /-irt«*,...l r>f,,.r- s-;,w... lite l
Adah Maude
Anderson tlie Sirl in Central Park. Since his
Spallation services at fhe IOOF Hall charge of the work. All visitors as Ruth Annabelle Thievoldt family has forgotten about it, he per-
Tuesday evening, January 16. wen as the Oddfellows, will be guests Esther .. .. \melia Trig
Officers for the Oddfellows are as of the Rebekahs at a social
cational pictures concerning the nati-
follows:
Noble Grand W. C. Day-
Vice Grand Lon Fields
Recording Sec Dale Dubbs
Financial Sec Oscar Kolb
Treas'urer Fred Carlson
Rebekah Officers-:
hour Martha Ina Maxson
following installation services.
NOTICE
All local Oddfellows and their
wives are invited to be guests of the
Rebekah Lodge at Installation Tues-
Noble Grand .. Elizabeth Robideau dav evening, January 16.
I
Electra Ida Palme.-
Warden Edith Reynolds
Sentinel Uice Bailey-
Guests from Brainerd, included Mrs
Betty Peterson. Past Matron; Gertrude Crest, Ethel Opsahl, Judith i
Wicklund, Past Matron; Ann Extrahd.
and Harvey, Purenton, Past Patron.
onal movement and will also give a
suades her to help him celebrate his
birthday, and they do an uproarious *A g „ will be givcn after the
job of it. Ir is after that that he i""! L)r0gram which will be followed by a
stalls her as a house guest, to the con
sternation of his family, and the vari-j '
ous complications of the plot begin to 1
fall over themselves in hilarious fash-Jlolt and Kathryn Adams, and the
lavish settings of a palatial Fifth
A sparkling supporting cast witn Avenue home aud to the entertain-
Veree Teasdale, James Ellison, Tim ment qualities of the picture.
famous artists and their work.
The school board assembled Tuesday evening, but because of the passing of Ben Robideau, they adjourned
without further business. Another
meeting will be called later.
The Junior high school art and activity classes studied works and methods of art hy visual education Tuesday.
Remedial work anil diagnostic tests
began Tuesday in the Senior high Eng
lish classes. This is a method of discovering weaknesses in individual cases and remedy them.